Etna in the midst of an eruptive period: the snow-covered sides of the volcano tremble at regular intervals and the crater is once again preparing to eject incandescent bombs of lava.
Since November 19, Etna has entered a Strombolian-type eruptive phase.
The snow-covered slopes of the Italian volcano tremble at regular intervals and the intensity of the tremors has intensified for three days.
The lava in the crater boils and volcanologists record short seismic sequences lasting 10 to 30 minutes every hour or half hour.
Marco Neri, volcanologist at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania: “This activity which characterizes the summit of our volcano makes it, in a certain way, our friend, because these eruptions are never dangerous. They are eruptive activities, very spectacular which people become, so to speak, fond of, these are very beautiful activities to see.”
In recent days, the volcano has ejected bombs of incandescent lava several tens of meters above the lips of the crater.
Emissions of ash, gas and water vapor rose into the sky and were carried eastward.